Module 6: Sharing

6.8 Self-Quiz

The type of information that you need for citing sources
include:
a. Date
b. Author's Name
c. Issue Number
d. Title of Journal
e. URL
f. All of the above

Response:

Which of the following statements is accurate?
a. You don't need to credit someone's ideas as long as you change
some of their words.
b. Because the Internet is free you can download and use anything on
it.
c. If the U.S. government is the publisher, the material is not
protected by copyright.

Response:

You can avoid plagiarizing by:
a. Using quotation marks when directly stating another person's
words.
b. Using the ideas of other people sparingly and only to support
your own argument.
c. Taking notes about your sources, including citation information
for each source-even Web sources.
d. Writing a short draft of your paper in thirty minutes without
using your notes.
e. All of the above.